With a last minute change that required the crappy guys to perform rather than the crappy girls, the boys lived up to their poor reputation by sucking for yet another night. Not only that, they destroyed a tactic that was once unique and impressive with certain past performers by re-working classic songs...except this year, the contestants' tweaked classics killed any happy memories of the original.
Michael Lynche started out the night with a surprisingly solid strong rendition of "This is a Man's World", a song well suited for his voice and reminiscent of Seal's recent version. While not exciting by any means, he also didn't embarrass himself like some of those that followed him.
John Park put the crowd to sleep with his near copy of John Maye's "Gravity". Perhaps Park should have dropped the N-word and described Jessica Simpson as sexual napalm in the bedroom to juice up his performance .
Casey James followed with a solid guitar performance on Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Want to Be"...of course this is a singing competition so the fact that his vocals were less than mediocre don't help. Yet another karaoke performance in an evening that yielded little flash.
Alex Lambert showed strong vocals but yet again lacked any stage presence...he looked as comfortable as Jennifer Aniston watching Angela Jolie performing fellatio on Brad Pitt. Speaking of fellatio, I thought Ryan Seacrest was critiquing Lambert when Randy Jackson talked about how he loved lambert's "package".
Todrick Hall channeled more Ted Turner than Tina Turner when he performed an odd and not-haunting-enough rendition of "What's Love Got to Do With It". While Hall earns points for taking risks for two weeks in a row, he has yet to find the right song or arrangement for his
Jermaine Sellers butchered the timeless Marvin gaye classic "What's Going On". Sellers says God is on his side and will bring him through, however me thinks that God is not such a fan of Sellers either. What will Sellers say when God dumps him back on his ass?
One time guy front runner Andrew Garcia still has the best vocals amongst the guys, but yet another boring performance of James Morrison's "You Give Me Something" failed to differentiate himself from the other contestants yet again.
Aaron Kelly, this year's Chicken Little (aka Kevin Covais) aged himself by singing TheTemptations' "My Girl". Kelly is most likely the second best vocalist on the show, but this little dweeb has the personality and stage presence of a mule. Obviously suited for country music, I simply do not understand the selection of an old-time song for such a young kid. And the falsetto? Please never do that again. As for the judge's feedback, 200% better than last week is still shite.
Last minute replacement Tim Urban continues to show why he was originally left off the top 12 when he performed a very boring near copy of Matt Nathnson's "Come On and Get High". While we saw what kind of artist Urban would be if he were ever to make it, he is more suited for singing at a high school reunion for a homeschooled child than singing for a larger crowd. Props to Ellen for her best and most honest feedback yet stating that he should go into acting with little singing since that isn't his strong suit.
Finishing the night was Lee Dewyze who successfully his 50% of the notes on Hinder's "Lips of an Angel." The bad news? That means the other 50% of notes weren't hit. Dewyze certainly has the most stage presence and is the most relevant amongst all of the guys, however I still can't help but see this guy playing anything bigger than a college bar (similar to my feelings about Kris Allen). As for the angel named in the title of his song, I think it killed itself to escape Dewyze's singing and the overall Idol show.
As for what we heard from the judges, it went something like this: blah, blah, blah...wrong song...blah, blah, blah...wrong song. Can Idol make the change already and select the song for contestants?! Not only are the fans asking for it, but apparently the contestants are now asking for it, as well as was shown when one all but begged for assistance next week. Enough is enough. Idol has a choice: make the change or get walloped by Cowell's new show next year where the songs are selected for each contestant. At this point in the season, Cowell's new show can't get here fast enough.
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